On Sundays, Night Prayer will focus on an element from the day's celebration of Mass. Beginning with the second reading from today's mass, we'll pray for the help of the Holy Spirit in our own lives and in the life of the world around us... And tonight I'm offering you two options for prayer and song...
First option... Rather than supply here a text for prayer, I invite you to take some quiet time to discern three places in your life where you need the gifts, the help and the power of the Holy Spirit AND three places in the life of the world where we need the gifts, the help and the power of the Holy Spirit... Then, with those needs in mind and heart, listen to this song and make it your prayer...
Come, Holy Spirit, Come by Josh Baldwin
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Come, Holy Spirit,
come and do what only you can do.
Come, Holy Spirit,
come and do what only you can do.
Protect us, Lord, while we're awake
and watch over us while we sleep
that awake, we might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in the peace...
Amen.
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Second option... A prayer invoking the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit over the whole world...
Send your Spirit, O Lord,
over the whole of creation,
over all that is seen and unseen,
and give us the wisdom, the desire and will
to conserve and share all the many gifts
you've entrusted to our care...
Send your Spirit, O Lord,
over all the nations around the globe
and by the grace of your Spirit's power:
help us lay down all our weapons
and bring an end to war...
Send your Spirit, O Lord:
help us warmly greet and welcome the stranger
who comes to our shores and knocks on our doors
seeking refuge, relief and a place to call home...
Send your Spirit, O Lord:
to heal our divided country,
to mend our broken government,
to make fair and just our system of laws,
to provide for the common good
to protect the weak and defenseless...
Send your Spirit, O Lord, into the hearts of us all:
to enlighten our minds, our thoughts and ideas,
to shape the decisions and choices we make,
to prompt us to do what is kind and pure,
to lead us to serve without counting the cost,
to help us work for a peace that lasts,
to turn to you in our sorrows and joys,
to give you thanks for your saving love
and for every good gift that's ours...
(Take some time now to ask and to pray,
"Where do I need the Spirit to come into my life
tonight, this week, this month, this year?")
Protect us, Lord, while we're awake
and watch over us while we sleep
that awake, we might keep watch with you
and asleep, rest in your peace...
Amen.
Send Us Your Spirit by Dan Schutte
performed by The Sunday 7pm Choir
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